People on the Move | 09.02.10

Playboy, CQ Weekly, Advanstar, Blood-Horse Publications, more ...

Playboy Enterprises has appointed Loma M. Donohoe to the newly-created position of senior vice president of global strategic marketing, responsible for the “development and execution of marketing programs designed to enhance global awareness and impact of the Playboy brand.” Donohoe most recently served as Playboy’s division vice president of retail marketing and merchandising.

The CQ-Roll Call Group named Fred Barbash as deputy managing editor of CQ Weekly magazine. Barbash previously served as national editor and business editor at the Washington Post and deputy editor of the newspaper’s Outlook section.

Advanstar’s Automotive Group named Pete Meier group technical editor. Meier served as a contributor to Advanstar’s Motor Age since 2005.Stacy V. Bearse will retire as president and CEO of Blood-Horse Publications effective November 1 after two decades with the company. The Blood-Horse board of directors has initiated a search to replace Bearse as chief executive.

Tennis magazine publisher the Tennis Media Company named Mason Wells publisher. Most recently, Mason served as associate publisher of Condé Nast’s Wired. Prior to that he was the founding associate publisher of Rodale’s Best Life.